Dublin Film Critics' Circle

The Dublin Film Critics' Circle is an Irish film critic association. From 2006, every year, members of the association give out their annual awards.

2023 winners

 * Best Film – 'Past Lives'
 * Best Director – Celine Song, 'Past Lives'
 * Best Irish Film – 'Lakelands'
 * Best Documentary – The Deepest Breath
 * Best Actor – Cillian Murphy, 'Oppenheimer'
 * Best Actress – Lily Gladstone, 'Killers of the Flower Moon'
 * Best Screenplay – Justine Triet & Arthur Harari, Anatomy of a Fall
 * Best Cinematography – Rodrigo Prieto, 'Killers of the Flower Moon'
 * International Breakthrough 2023 – Raine Allen-Miller, Rye Lane
 * Breakthrough Artist (Irish) 2023 – Orén Kinlan, Flora and Son

2022 winners

 * Best Film – The Quiet Girl
 * Best Director – Charlotte Wells, Aftersun
 * Best Irish Film – The Quiet Girl
 * Best Documentary – Moonage Daydream
 * Best Actor – Colin Farrell, The Banshees of Inisherin
 * Best Actress – Michelle Yeoh, Everything Everywhere All at Once
 * Best Screenplay – Martin McDonagh, The Banshees of Inisherin
 * Best Cinematography – Claudio Miranda, Top Gun: Maverick
 * International Breakthrough 2022 – Amber Midthunder, Prey
 * Breakthrough Artist (Irish) 2022 – Alisha Weir, Matilda the Musical

2021 winners

 * Best Film - The Power of the Dog
 * Best Director - Jane Campion, The Power of the Dog
 * Best Irish Film - Arracht
 * Best Documentary - Summer of Soul (...Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised)
 * Best Actor - Benedict Cumberbatch, The Power of the Dog
 * Best Actress - Frances McDormand, Nomadland & The Tragedy of Macbeth
 * Best Screenplay - Jane Campion, The Power of the Dog
 * Best Cinematography - Greig Fraser, Dune

2020 winners

 * Best Film - Portrait of a Lady on Fire
 * Best Director - Bong Joon Ho, Parasite
 * Best Irish Film - Wolfwalkers
 * Best Documentary - David Attenborough: A Life on Our Planet
 * Best Actor - Adam Sandler, Uncut Gems
 * Best Actress - Jessie Buckley, I’m Thinking of Ending Things
 * Best Screenplay - Simon Blackwell and Armando Iannucci, The Personal History of David Copperfield
 * Best Cinematography - Roger Deakins, 1917
 * Breakthrough Award - Morfydd Clark, The Personal History of David Copperfield and Saint Maud

2019 winners

 * Best Film - Marriage Story
 * Best Director - Martin Scorsese, The Irishman
 * Best Actor - Adam Driver, Marriage Story
 * Best Actress - Scarlett Johansson, Marriage Story
 * Best Screenplay - Noah Baumbach, Marriage Story
 * Best Cinematography - Hoyte van Hoytema, Ad Astra
 * Best Irish Film - Extra Ordinary
 * Best Documentary - Apollo 11
 * Breakthrough Performance 2019 - Aisling Franciosi, The Nightingale
 * Breakthrough Director 2019 - Kantemir Balagov, Beanpole

2018 winners

 * Best Film – Custody
 * Best Director - Chloé Zhao, The Rider
 * Best Irish Director - Rebecca Daly, Good Favour
 * Best Screenplay - Lynne Ramsay, You Were Never Really Here
 * Best Cinematography - Monika Lenczewska, Under the Tree
 * Best Actor - Charlie Plummer, Lean on Pete
 * Best Actress - Charlotte Rampling, Hannah
 * Best Documentary - So Help Me God
 * Best Irish Film - The Lonely Battle of Thomas Reid
 * Michael Dwyer Discovery Award - Coralie Fargeat, Revenge
 * George Byrne Maverick Award - Stephen Rea – Black 47
 * Extraordinary Achievement - Bill Morrison, Dawson City: Frozen Time
 * Jury Prize - Warwick Thornton, Sweet Country
 * Jury Prize - Kathleen Hepburn, Never Steady, Never Still
 * Jury Prize - Jian Liu, Have a Nice Day
 * Jury Prize - Ryan Killackey, Yasuni Man

2017 winners

 * Best Film – Aquarius
 * Best Irish Film - Sanctuary
 * Best Actress – Florence Pugh – Lady Macbeth
 * Best Actor – Sherwan Haji – The Other Side of Hope
 * Best Director – Lav Diaz – The Woman Who Left
 * Best Cinematography – M. David Mullen – The Love Witch
 * Best Screenplay – Kristina Grozeva and Petar Valchanov – Glory
 * Best Irish Feature – Handsome Devil
 * Best Irish Documentary – The Farthest
 * Best Documentary – I Am Not Your Negro
 * Jury Prize – Kristopher Avedisian – Donald Cried
 * Jury Prize – Daouda Coulibaly – Wùlu
 * Jury Prize – My Life as a Courgette
 * Jury Prize – The Transfiguration
 * George Byrne Maverick Award – Emer Reynolds
 * Michael Dwyer Discovery Award – Blue Teapot cast – Sanctuary

2016 winners

 * Best Film – I, Daniel Blake
 * Best Director – Denis Villeneuve – Arrival
 * Best Irish Film – A Date for Mad Mary
 * Best Documentary – Weiner / Mattress Men (TIE)
 * Best Actor – Dave Johns – I, Daniel Blake
 * Best Actress – Amy Adams – Arrival
 * Best Screenplay – Eric Heisserer – Arrival
 * Best Cinematography – Seamus McGarvey – Nocturnal Animals
 * Breakthrough Award (Irish) – Seana Kerslake
 * Breakthrough Award (International) – Hayley Squires

2015 winners

 * Best Film – Inside Out
 * Best Irish Film – Brooklyn / The Queen of Ireland (TIE)
 * Best Documentary – The Queen of Ireland
 * Best Director – Alejandro G. Iñárritu – Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)
 * Best Actor – Michael Fassbender – Steve Jobs
 * Best Actress – Julianne Moore – Still Alice
 * Breakthrough International – Daisy Ridley – Star Wars: The Force Awakens / Kitana Kiki Rodriguez and Mya Taylor – Tangerine (TIE)
 * Breakthrough Irish – Jordanne Jones – I Used to Live Here

2014 winners

 * Best Film – Boyhood
 * Best Irish Film – Frank
 * Best Documentary – Finding Vivian Maier
 * Best Director – Richard Linklater – Boyhood
 * Best Actor – Jake Gyllenhaal – Nightcrawler
 * Best Actress – Marion Cotillard – Two Days, One Night
 * Breakthrough Award – Jack O'Connell – '71, Starred Up, and Unbroken

2013 winners

 * Best Film – Gravity
 * Best Irish Film – Good Vibrations
 * Best Screenplay – Before Midnight
 * Best Documentary – The Act of Killing
 * Best Cinematography – Emmanuel Lubezki – Gravity, and To the Wonder
 * Best Director – Alfonso Cuarón – Gravity
 * Best Actor – Bruce Dern – Nebraska
 * Best Actress – Cate Blanchett – Blue Jasmine
 * Breakthrough Award – Lake Bell and Joshua Oppenheimer

2012 winners

 * Best Film – The Artist
 * Best Irish Film – What Richard Did
 * Best Documentary – Marina Abramović: The Artist is Present
 * Best Director – Michael Haneke – Amour
 * Best Actor – Joaquin Phoenix – The Master
 * Best Actress – Emmanuelle Riva – Amour
 * Breakthrough Award – Gareth Evans – The Raid: Redemption

2011 winners

 * Best Film – Drive
 * Best Irish Film – The Guard
 * Best Foreign Language Film – A Separation
 * Best Director – Nicolas Winding Refn – Drive
 * Best Actor – Ryan Gosling – Drive
 * Best Actress – Jessica Chastain – The Tree of Life
 * Best Documentary – Senna
 * Best Irish Documentary – Knuckle
 * International Breakthrough Award – Jessica Chastain – The Help, Take Shelter, and The Tree of Life
 * Irish Breakthrough Award – John Michael McDonagh – The Guard

2010 winners

 * Best Film – A Prophet
 * Best Irish Film – His & Hers
 * Best Documentary – His & Hers
 * Best Director – Jacques Audiard – A Prophet
 * Best Actor – Tahar Rahim – A Prophet
 * Best Actress – Jennifer Lawrence – Winter's Bone
 * Breakthrough Award – Jennifer Lawrence – Winter's Bone
 * Irish Breakthrough Award – Ken Wardrop – His & Hers

Decade awards

 * Best Film of the Decade – There Will Be Blood
 * Best Irish Film of the Decade – Adam & Paul, and Hunger (TIE)

2009 winners

 * Best Film – Let the Right One In
 * Best Irish Film – Waveriders
 * Best Documentary – Anvil! The Story of Anvil
 * Best Director – Kathryn Bigelow – The Hurt Locker
 * Best Actor – Sean Penn – Milk
 * Best Actress – Yolande Moreau – Séraphine
 * Breakthrough Award – Neill Blomkamp – District 9
 * Outstanding Achievement – Duncan Jones

2008 winners

 * Best Film – There Will Be Blood
 * Best Irish Film – Hunger
 * Best Director – Paul Thomas Anderson – There Will Be Blood
 * Best Actor – Daniel Day-Lewis – There Will Be Blood
 * Best Actress – Kristin Scott Thomas – I've Loved You So Long
 * Breakthrough Award – Steve McQueen – Hunger

2007 winners

 * Best International Film – The Lives of Others
 * Best Irish Film – Garage
 * Best Director – David Fincher – Zodiac
 * Best Actor – Ulrich Mühe – The Lives of Others
 * Best Actress – Julie Christie – Away from Her
 * Breakthrough Award – Saoirse Ronan – Atonement

2006 winners

 * Best Film – Brokeback Mountain
 * Best Irish Film – The Wind That Shakes the Barley
 * Best Director – Martin Scorsese – The Departed
 * Best Actor – Leonardo DiCaprio – The Departed
 * Best Actress – Penélope Cruz – Volver
 * Best Supporting Actor – Jack Nicholson – The Departed
 * Best Supporting Actress – Abigail Breslin – Little Miss Sunshine
 * Breakthrough Award – Noah Baumbach – The Squid and the Whale